Completion rates: An analysis of factors related to drug court program completion

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive statistics of sample

Characteristics		n = 290	%
Gender	Male	147	50.70
	Female	143	49.30
Race	Hispanic	145	50.00
	White	78	26.90
	Black	52	17.90
	Other	15	5.20
Marital status^a	Divorce	57	21.20
	Married	55	20.40
	Single	153	56.70
	Widow(er)	5	1.90
Education^b	Less than grade 9	15	6.50
	Grade 9–11	71	30.70
	High School	65	28.10
	Some College	80	34.60
Employed	Yes	100	34.50
	No	190	65.50

^a Missing 20 cases.

^b Missing 59 cases.

Table 2. Marital status and drug completion

Marital status
		Divorced	Married	Single	Widower	Total
Fail	Number	28	17	74	4	123
	%	49.10	30.90	48.40	80.00	45.60
Graduate	Number	29	38	79	1	147
	%	50.90	69.10	51.60	20.00	54.40
Total	Number	57	55	153	5	270
	%	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

Notes: missing 20 participants.

χ² = 7.928, df = 3, p < .05

Table 3. Arrest, age and education

t-test
	t	df	p-value
Drug arrest prior 24 months-	0.253	252	n.s.
Age first arrest	1.245	287	n.s.
Education	1.058	229	n.s.

Table 4. Employment and drug court completion

Employed
		No	Yes	Total
Fail	Number	100	35	135
	%	52.60	35.00	46.60
Graduate	Number	90	65	155
	%	47.40	65.00	53.40
Total	Number	190	100	290
	%	100.00	100.00	100.00

Notes: χ² = 8.186, df = 1, p < .01